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David Shrigley: “Untitled” (2025) – Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
13 June 2025 8:43 PM | No CommentsWhat if, in fact, the inner thoughts and mere existences of animals really were as simplistic, yet hilariously blunt, as one imagined?
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Akita City “Kanto Matsuri” performance – 2024 Honolulu Festival
19 April 2025 7:57 AM | No CommentsThe Akita City Kanto Festival Executive Committee performed at the 2024 Honolulu Festival, showcasing music and pole-balancing stunts from its annual Kanto Matsuri.
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Petit Bateau Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
19 April 2025 5:39 AM | No CommentsWhy did a 132-year-old French casualwear brand, mostly focusing on children's fashion, decide to show at the Tokyo Fall/Winter 2025 collections?
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tiit tokyo Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
18 April 2025 9:30 PM | No CommentsAccording to the Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO show notes, for the Fall/Winter 2025 season, the designers were "inspired by the Danish film "When Animals Dream.""
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Sumo: 73rd yokozuna Terunofuji retires, leaves lasting legacy
10 April 2025 11:57 AM | No CommentsThe Mongolian's calm, regal presence in the dohyo will certainly be missed, but there is no rest for the weary.
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South Korea Archive
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Red carpet: Han Hyo-joo (“Cold Eyes”) – 2014 Asian Film Awards
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on April 8, 2014 | No CommentsThe Asian Film Awards Best Actress nominee played an deceptively delicate agent who holds her own with her determination and amusing idiosyncrasies. -
An interview roundtable with Atsuko Maeda (前田敦子): Beyond AKB48
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on January 4, 2014 | No CommentsAtsuko Maeda spoke to reporters in an interview roundtable at the Busan International Film Festival about her film "Tamako in Moratorium" and other topics. -
Quentin Tarantino, Bong Joon-ho make surprise appearance in Busan
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 29, 2013 | No CommentsMaking his first visit to the Busan International Film Festival, Quentin Tarantino said he first learned of Bong Joon-ho when he watched "The Host." -
“Jinx!!!” (ジンクス!!!) – 2013 Tokyo International Film Festival Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 26, 2013 | No CommentsDirected by Naoto Kumazawa, "Jinx!!!" will appeal to the teen and 20-something set because of its Japanese indie film meets K-drama story line. -
Yeon Sang-ho’s “The Fake” – 2013 Busan Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 10, 2013 | No CommentsThe South Korean animated film "The Fake" (사이비) magnifies an endless assortment of societal ills through a frightening subject: religious cults. -
Ha Jung-woo makes final Busan appearance for “The Terror Live”
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 7, 2013 | No CommentsBefore the final Busan International Film Festival screening of "The Terror Live," actor Ha Jung-woo told spectators why he chose to star in the film. -
“Steel Cold Winter” – 2013 Busan International Film Festival Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 6, 2013 | No CommentsSometimes a film moves along beautifully. Then, inexplicably, it degenerates into an irreparable mess. Such is the case with Choi Jin-seong's debut feature. -
Film Review: Chung Ji-young’s “National Security”
Christopher BournePosted on August 13, 2013 | No CommentsDirector Chung Ji-young uses Kim Geun-tae’s story, and a very dark recent history in Korea, as the basis of his latest film “National Security." -
“Confession of Murder” – 2013 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 2, 2013 | No Comments“Confession of Murder” jerks the viewer around as violently as some of the victims in the numerous car chase sequences that dot the film. -
Shin Su-won’s “Pluto” (명왕성) – 2013 HKIFF Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 23, 2013 | No CommentsThe South Korean director offers her take on bullying in “Pluto,” a masterpiece that focuses on the cream of the crop at an elite boarding school.